GRE Word List
PHYSIOGNOMY
the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance
The meaning of the word physiognomy is the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| adherent | one who adheres to something: such as |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |